The following is a spoiler-free preview for Friday’s WWE SmackDown, taped Tuesday night from Moline, Illinois:
– World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus vs. David Otunga.
– Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs. The Miz & Cody Rhodes.
– Randy Orton vs. Damien Sandow.
– Daniel Bryan vs. Zack Ryder.
– #1 Contender’s Match: The Prime Time Players vs. Epico & Primo vs. The Usos.
– Wade Barrett vs. Yoshi Tatsu.
Also appearing are Dolph Ziggler, Alberto Del Rio, Booker T, Teddy Long, Vickie Guerrero & more.
WWE taped the following matches prior to Tuesday’s SmackDown tapings from Moline, Illinois:
WWE Saturday Morning Slam
– Josh Mathews and The Miz did commentary.
– Santino Marella defeated Heath Slater. Major heel heet for Slater. They did a dance off and an air-guitar battle. Santino won with the Cobra.
– Santino then replaced Miz on commentary.
– Kofi Kingston and R-Truth defeated Epico and Primo after Kofi pinned Primo with a cross body off the top rope.
– Zach Ryder defeated William Regal with the Rough Ryder.
WWE Superstars Results:
– Antonio Cesaro defeated Justin Gabriel. Cesaro did his gimmick before the match where he said the word “Exceptional” in 5 languages.
– Divas champion Layla defeated Natalya.
At the end of this past Monday’s WWE Raw it was revealed that Paul Heyman was driving CM Punk out of the Allstate arena. Although it is still early to speculate on exactly what Heyman’s roll will be with punk, we want to hear from you! Who on the current WWE roster would you like to see Paul Heyman align with? Voice your opinion in a comment below!
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Alberto Del Rio, Ricardo Rodriguez, and David Otunga were shown inside the general manager’s office. They came straight to the ring. Ricardo was wearing a neck brace. Del Rio spoke and received the “What?” treatment. They aired a montage of Brogue Kicks with the goal of having it banned. Booker T came out and asked the fans whether he should ban the kick. The fans were against it, so the kick is still legal.
1. Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara defeated The Miz and Cody Rhodes. Cody accidentally kicked The Miz. Rey followed up with a 619 for the win. A good back and forth match, and Jarrad noted that Sin Cara is amazing live.
Hornswoggle stomped on Daniel Bryan’s toe. There was a recap of the “Hug It Out” segment from Raw.
Otunga was shown with Booker T backstage threatening to press legal action.
2. Zack Ryder defeated Daniel Bryan via reverse decision. Bryan came out and tried to remain calm. He got upset when there was a Yes! chant during the match. He begged off Ryder’s attack and they hugged, which led to Bryan applying the No! Lock. Bryan won by submission, but he refused to release the hold so the referee reversed the decision. Bryan essentially lost to the Yes! chant.
Randy Orton was shown backstage. Damien Sandow came out and cut a promo discussing his actions in his match against Sheamus and ripping on social media. Sandow was interrupted by Orton, who entered to a huge pop. Orton informed him Booker T switched his original opponent with Sandow.
3. Randy Orton beat Damien Sandow by countout. Dolph Ziggler joined the commentary team. Sandow ran to the back after the middle rope DDT while Orton was coiled for the RKO, leading to the countout finish. Orton and Ziggler fought, Sandow came back to save Ziggler from an RKO and took one himself, allowing Dolph to escape.
Otunga continued to argue that the Brogue Kick should be banned. He brought X-rays. Booker booked a match between Otunga and Sheamus.
4. The Prime Time Players defeated Primo and Epico (w/Rosa) to become No. 1 contenders to the WWE Tag Titles. Kofi Kingston and R-Truth were on commentary. Yes, the Players are the No. 1 contenders for the one millionth time.
Teddy Long was shown backstage with Kaitlyn. Vickie and Dolph demanded to see Booker T. Teddy said he’d advise Booker T to make a match against Orton for Night of Champions.
Wade Barrett cut a heel promo backstage with Matt Striker interviewing him.
5. Wade Barrett defeated Yoshi Tatsu. Barrett entered to huge heat. There were also a lot of pro-Barrett fans. Barrett beat Yoshi with what appears to be a new finisher. Barrett cut another heel promo.
A video hyped Bret Hart as appearing on Raw next week in Montreal.
6. Sheamus defeated David Otunga. They changed the ring apron beforehand. Alberto came out to watch the match. Sheamus hit White Noise to set up the Brogue Kick. Booker came out and interrupted the match. He banned the Brogue Kick. Sheamus jaw jacked with Del Rio at ringside, then caught Otunga with the Irish Curse and finished him off with the Cloverleaf.
(source: ProWrestling.net)
Dark Angel’s (a/k/a Sarita in TNA Wrestling) tenured wrestling career in Mexico appears in doubt following her recent excursion to Japan for all-women’s league STARDOM’s 5 STAR Grand Prix Tournament. According to RingbellesOnline.com, by way of noted lucha libre expert Steve Sims of F4WOnline.com and Super Luchas magazine, CMLL officials are extremely displeased with the champion grappler for taking it upon herself to work a two-month tour for the Japanese promotion when their official women’s wrestling partner in the country is REINA. CMLL is also not being financially compensated for her appearances since Dark Angel secured her own deal, which goes against company protocol.
Dark Angel appeared at a few STARDOM shows in March to celebrate friend Io Shirai’s fifth anniversary event as well as her own ten-year anniversary in professional wrestling. Since Dark Angel took off for an extended Japanese tour in mid-August, CMLL has continuously mis-advertised her as appearing at events with full knowledge that she will not be able to in an attempt to damage her reputation in Mexico. Sims noted during the Figure Four Daily radio show last week, “…she might not have a job for much longer in Mexico, it’s sad to say.” He also explained why CMLL is falsely advertising her for shows.
“As soon as they know they’re not available for bookings they start listing them on their posters and assigning them bookings that they know they’ll miss,” Sims said. “That way, they get rid of them – which appears to be their intention and they can say “Look. Here’s the poster. Here’s the actual poster that we sent to the promoters. We said Dark Angel’s going to be there on such-and-such-a-time and she didn’t show up for work.”
Dark Angel has informed fans of her whereabouts through her Facebook page with daily updates on her Japanese tour. After CMLL continued to falsely advertise her for shows, she wrote Thursday, “Just letting you all know that I’m still in Japan and will not be wrestling in Guadalajara in the upcoming weeks. Sorry for the confusion.”
Sims speculated that CMLL may not book Dark Angel for shows once her tour of Japan concludes as punishment for her “betrayal” and since they control the Canadian native’s work permit for Mexico, they can blacklist her from working for any other promotion in the country.
Sims said, “It appears that CMLL is doing it deliberately to issue a punishment to her, and I think because of the work permit situation, what we will find out is that they simply don’t book her, at least until such times as her work permit comes up, and hope that teaches her a lesson that she can work in Japan but only if the CMLL office gets a cut of her bookings.”
In a worst-case scenario, Dark Angel would still be able to appear for TNA Wrestling as Sarita, as well as STARDOM or any other non-Mexican promotion. Sims adds, “They are very stubborn in CMLL and they’re going to make their point with Sarah Stock whether she likes it or not.”
– Multiple news outlets reported last week that two men were charged with stealing TNA Wrestling’s World Heavyweight Championship belt and a replica prior to a live event in Ottumwa, Iowa on Aug. 18 while a stagehand was unloading props from his truck. Sources affiliated with the wrestling organization told TMZ.com that the World Heavyweight Championship stolen was valued at $6,000.00 and ultimately returned. According to a person close to the chief of the Ottumwa Police Department, multiple claims made to both the department and TMZ.com were not true.
TNA Wrestling officials falsely said the belt was valued at $6,000.00. The department later received proof of purchase from Wildcat Belts, which showed that its stated value was exaggerated. According to WildCatBelts.com, a real copy of the belt is valued at $2,750.00. TMZ.com also reported that the belts were returned to the wrestling organization. Ottumwa Police Department are actually maintaining possession of the belts as evidence pending trial. Also, the belts weren’t stolen from the equipment truck when a stagehand turned away momentarily as reported. The police source says TNA didn’t truthfully disclose how the property was stolen to TMZ.com as to not appear foolish in the story.
– Matt Morgan deleted a series of Twitter messages he posted on Twitter Monday revealing his displeasure with TNA Wrestling. He had written, “hey man, what can I say? SOMEONE in that lockeroom had to stand up to Tna front office and call them out for over-promising, & under delivering. So when my deal was up I said ‘why not me?!’ Accountability. Who says u can’t go home again? Lol.”
– Monday’s episode of WWE RAW had a Trendrr.tv social media score of only 295,822, down 21% from last week the lowest score for RAW in the past 5 weeks.
RAW ranked #2 on cable for the third consecutive (trailing “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” on VH1).
– The season finale of NBC’s Stars Earn Stripes reality series drew only 2.88 million viewers on Monday night.
– Check out this video of Eve and her partner completing the final mission of Stars Earn Stripes to win the competition:
* VIDEO From AFTER RAW: CENA & ORTON Celebrate With .. MACHO MAN Superfan
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has updated his JRsBarBQ.com with his thoughts on Monday’s WWE RAW. Here are some highlights of what JR wrote about:
Steve Austin Wrestling Again: “Some fans who follow me on Twitter @JRsBBQ, over 534,000, actually think that (Steve Austin) will be wrestling at WM29 which is not going to happen. Steve is rehabbing his repaired knee aggressively to be able to resume his movie work and has a film set to begin production in early 2013. This was a major knee surgery that would keep many inactive in a large part for up to one year.”
The Miz On Commentary: “I’d assume that @MikeTheMiz discovered that coming off the bench to take an extended seat at ringside for commentary is a daunting task. Miz is glib and very bright but performing a wrestling promo and doing color commentary are much different animals. Nonetheless, Miz looked good on camera which is an important facet for any TV producer to facilitate.”
Ryback’s Momentum: “Ryback is starting to move the emotion needle seemingly every week. The “Feed Me More” chants are growing. I only wish that I could tie that in to a JR’s BBQ Sauce promotion during the football tailgating season and on into the holidays. Hey, an entrepreneur can dream, can’t he? I can see Ryback taking the next step sooner than later on WWE TV. ”
John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio: “Enjoyed the Cena-ADR Falls Count Anywhere bout. Physical stuff. The cheap shot drive by executed by @CMPunk was a hit…no pun intended. Plus the reveal of Punk’s ‘wheelman’ @HeymanHustle Paul Heyman was a helluva end to the three hour broadcast. ”
Paul Heyman & CM Punk’s Alliance: “Heyman and Punk together is a potentially outstanding dynamic with which fans can emotionally invest. It has many potential roads to travel but associating with Heyman will certainly help facilitate Punk being looked upon by many as an antagonist.”
PatriotNewspaper.com has published an article on Kenn Doane, 26, who appeared in WWE as Kenny and Kenny Dykstra from 2006 to 2008. The former Spirit Squad member enrolled in Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts this semester and made their football team as a tight end after not playing the game since he was 18-years-old.
“I have always loved football and I always set goals for myself. My first dream was to get to the WWE and I set that and my second goal after wrestling was to get a degree and play college football,” he said.
With his opportunity, Doane plans to take full advantage of it. “I can make my own schedule and I can slow things down work-wise with wrestling, and financially I am set. I can take 10 weeks, 12 weeks, however long the season is, into this and go full force. That is where I at now.”
Doane also discussed his road to WWE and what it was like working with fellow Killer Kowalski trainee, Triple H.
“Triple H is a very smart. Any time I had a question, whether it was personal, business, whatever, I would ask him,” Doane said.
On November 10, 2008, WWE announced that Doane had been released from his contract. He explains, “because they were going through a lot of different layoffs and a lot of us were getting paid a lot of money and they didn’t have a storyline for me at the time, plus my body was breaking down; traveling 270 days a year is really hard.” Following his release, he continued to wrestle independently, and still does on occasion.
Doane left with some words of wisdom. “Life is always a journey, it’s always going to throw curve balls at you, I am not looking four years down the road right now, I have to get through today and do the best I can do today, and then tomorrow I have to compare myself to yesterday and make sure tomorrow that I am better than I was yesterday.”
CelebrityNetworth.com has published an article listing the richest professional wrestlers in the world, with figures acquired from all publicly available information including salaries, real estate holdings, divorces, record sales, royalties and endorsements. The estimated net worths come from a formula that takes out taxes, manager’s fees, agents’ fees, and lifestyle. The list states:
1. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s net worth – $70 million
2. Steve Austin’s net worth – $45 million
3. John Cena’s net worth – $35 million
4. Big Show’s net worth – $30 million
5. Triple H’s net worth: $25 million
6. Kurt Angle’s net worth – $20 million
7. Chris Jericho’s net worth – $18 million
8. Shawn Michaels’ net worth – $17 million
9. The Undertaker’s net worth – $16 million
10. Mick Foley’s net worth – $15 million
11. Bret Hart’s net worth – $14 million
12. Edge’s net worth – $14 million
13. Brock Lesnar’s net worth – $12.5 million
14. Goldberg’s net worth – $12 million
15. Batista’s net worth – $10 million
16. John “Bradshaw” Layfield’s net worth – $9 million
17. Rey Mysterio’s net worth – $8.5 million
18. Kevin Nash’s net worth – $8 million
19. CM Punk’s net worth – $7.5 million
20. Jerry Lawler’s net worth – $7 million
21. Randy Orton’s net worth – $6 million
22. Alberto Del Rio’s net worth – $6 million
23. Hulk Hogan’s net worth – $5 million
According to the article, Hogan lost an estimated $25 million in his divorce from ex-wife Linda. She was awarded 70% of the couple’s liquid assets, a 40% stake in all of Hogan companies, six luxury cars and millions more in property.
24. Ric Flair’s net worth – $5 million
25. The Miz’ net worth – $5 million
26. “Rowdy” Roddy Piper’s net worth – $4 million
27. Chyna’s net worth: $1.5 million
Plus, WWE chief Vince McMahon’s net worth is listed as $500 million while deceased grappler Randy Savage’s is $8 million.
– Chris Jericho is now blogging updates from his current tour with Fozzy at MetalHammer.co.uk. His latest entry, titled, “Hammer Is Jericho Blog 2: Sin And Bones Uncovered (AKA Wait. Wait. I Never Had A Chance To Love You),” is now online.
– WWE NXT Champion Seth Rollins is taking issue with The Miz referring to Cody Rhodes as the “Future of WWE” on Monday’s RAW. Rollins tweeted on Monday night, teasing a confrontation with Rhode at NXT’s upcoming live event from Ft. Pierce, Florida:
@mikethemiz calling @CodyRhodesWWE "future of @WWE?" Sept 14 in Ft. Pierce at @NXTWrestling Cody'll see that @wwerollins is the #wwefuture.
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) September 4, 2012
Rhodes will be appearing at the show along with his father, WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes.
After getting feedback from a lot of fans regarding his first tweet, Rollins followed up with:
Wow, lots of @CodyRhodesWWE fans out there, including me. It's all respect, but the #WWEFUTURE is mine to lead.
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) September 4, 2012
– WWE returns to Chicago’s AllState Arena on Wednesday, December 26th for a SmackDown live event. Tickets are now available online withh the pre-sale password WWEHOLIDAY.
– Eve Torres is heading overseas to India this week to do promotional work for WWE.
– WWE will tape this week’s SmackDown tonight from the I Wireless Center in Moline, Illinois. During RAW, David Otunga posted a video on Tout announcing that he will be representing Alberto Del Rio as he looks to take legal action against World Heavyweight champion Sheamus. The advertised dark match main event for tonight is a no-disqualification triple threat match featuring Sheamus (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio.
* VIDEO From AFTER RAW: CENA & ORTON Celebrate With .. MACHO MAN?!
WWE Diva Eve Torres issued the following statement regarding her and her partner Grady Powell winning NBC’s Stars Earn Stripes competition. From her official website:
“What a rollercoaster tonight’s episode was! From thinking that I was going home in the emotional shootout, to winning the whole thing and earning a total of $150,000 for the USO!!! I’m still in disbelief! It just goes to show what you can accomplish when you believe in yourself, and don’t count yourself out too early. I went into this competition knowing I wasn’t the strongest, the fastest, or the most experienced, but I believed in my ability to learn quickly, and follow the lead of my operative, Grady…. Ok… I’ve just got to say it… A WOMAN WON STARS EARN STRIPES! Woooohoooooo. And Grady won a sweet F-150 Ford Truck! He better let me go for a ride in it some day!
Thanks to everyone who supported me and Grady Powell “Team Long Hair Don’t Care”! It was an amazing experience, and one that I will never forget. This competition exposed me that much more to the bravery and skill of the people protecting our country, both domestically and abroad. While I am proud of my success in this competition, I know that it doesn’t come close to comparing to the accomplishments of our nation’s real heroes. My appreciation for our troops is unwavering, and I hope that through Stars Earn Stripes, every one of you got a glimpse of what our law enforcement, and service men & women truly stand for. Regardless of your opinions on the war, I hope we can all agree that our troops make incredible sacrifices for our country’s well-being. Next time you see a uniformed military/law-enforcement, or meet one of our country’s veterans, remember to thank them for their service. I am sure they would appreciate the gesture.”
– Following his surprise return to WWE television on Monday’s RAW, Paul Heyman has reportedly signed a new deal with WWE. Paul Heyman’s original short-term contract expired after SummerSlam and it’s believed he signed a new contract around that time.
Both CM Punk and Paul Heyman were said to be very vocal behind the scenes about being paired together on television, despite Heyman’s recent comments on Twitter that Punk doesn’t need someone to speak for him.
Heyman’s presence on WWE television will also keep Brock Lesnar on people’s minds during Lesnar’s latest hiatus.
– Here is the latest Backstage Fallout video, featuring behind-the-scenes interviews from Monday’s WWE RAW:
ESPN personality Robert Flores appeared on this week’s MLW.com podcast and spoke with host Mister Saint Lauren about a conversation he had with John Cena and why Cena is against turning heel.
Here’s what Flores said about the situation:
“I’ve talked to John Cena about this and he doesn’t really want to because he does so much charity work and I think he thinks it would affect that and maybe it would, but I would just love to see him turn heel.
“I see guys like Miz and David Otunga, guys that are ‘heels,’ still continue to be involved with the company’s charity initiatives, so obviously Cena is on a different level when compared to those guys, but just being selfish as a fan, I think it would be fascinating TV to see him just turn heel and see the reaction it would get.”
The new episode of MLW Radio can be heard here (.MP3).
– The release of this week’s RAW rating will be delayed until Wednesday due to the Labor Day holiday.
– WWE ran into time constraint issues on Monday night, which led to several planned segments to be cut from the show.
– Matt Striker tweeted the following messages on RAW regarding AJ Lee not knowing who he was when he interviewed her:
I can understand pressure getting to AJ- She has things on her mind other than me. Id rather be forgotten on earth and remembered in heaven.
— M@ (@MattStrikerTV) September 4, 2012
Striker also commented on The Miz filling for Jerry Lawler on commentary on Monday night:
I support Miz. We r a family here at WWE. Cream rises to the top n Im a patient man. Ill do my best to get on #Raw.
— M@ (@MattStrikerTV) September 4, 2012
– With Vickie Guerrero pushing hard for RAW General Manager AJ Lee to be removed from power, WWE is asking fans what the Board of Directors should do about the situation. FAns can post their messages on Twitter and Tout with the hashtag #DearWWEBoard.
The segment on RAW with Vickie Guerrero talking to an empty chair (pretending AJ Lee was sitting there) was a parody of Clint Eastwood’s speech at last week’s Republican National Convention.
WWE.com cameras caught up with Vickie Guerrero after she slapped AJ Lee on RAW. Vickie said there will be no repercussions for her actions and that AJ won’t be able to forget that slap for a long time.
– Former WWE star Tyler Reks has published an unreleased video of his [discontinued] animated web series, Midcard Mafia.
“After the show was cancelled, I created this in case we ever decided to bring back the show. We never did, and we never will. So consider this one of the DVD extras.”
The show was initially cancelled after WWE officials discovered the show and told Reks to shut it down.
– Following his loss to Dolph Ziggler on Monday’s RAW, Randy Orton tweeted the following message in response to a fan telling him that they had a great match:
.“@bobbypiano: Wow great match by @HEELZiggler and @RandyOrton. #Raw @WWE” thanks bobby. It's hard to have a bad one with dolph.
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) September 4, 2012
– Former WWE star Kenn Doane noted on Twitter that he’s now enrolled in Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts. Doane plays tight end for the school’s football team.
– On Monday’s RAW, Jack Swagger told RAW General Manager AJ Lee that he needs to take some time off. Jim Ross commented on the situation via Twitter:
@realjackswagger needs a trip to the woodshed. He's too good to be oh for 2012. Swagger can be great…wait and see. He's a #boomersooner!
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) September 4, 2012
WWE is currently running a storyline where Swagger is on a 9-month losing streak. Here is Swagger’s match against Sheaus from RAW:
– WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre noted in a Twitter Q&A prior to Monday’s RAW that he is injured and will be out of action for a couple of weeks. He did not specify the nature of the injury.
– Matches taped prior to RAW for this week’s Superstars include Damien Sandow vs. Alex Riley and Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Primo & Epico.
– WWE will be screening the new “CM Punk: Best in the World” documentary on October 7, 2012 (1-3PM) from The Portage Theatre in Chicago. CM Punk will be there to speak to the audience, as will several of the people who were interviewed for the DVD. Admission is free for the first 1,000 fans.
– Devon re-tweeted several messages from fans over the weekend encouraging him to return to WWE. When asked if he would return, he replied:
“where he [God] puts me is where im going to be”
As we reported on Monday, Devon also tweeted a picture of himself in the gym wearing a “RAW Is WAR” t-shirt, another sign that he could be headed back to WWE.
At the conclusion of Monday’s RAW, Paul Heyman returned to WWE television and aligned himself with WWE Champion CM Punk.
As John Cena’s falls count anywhere match with Alberto Del Rio led both competitors backstage, CM Punk appeared and attacked Cena, allowing Del Rio to get the pinfall win over Cena.
CM Punk got into the passenger seat of his waiting getaway car – and it was revealed that Paul Heyman was his driver. The two drove off as RAW ended. then revealed himself to be the driver of Punk’s getaway car as Raw signed off.
Jim Ross tweeted the following about CM Punk aligning himself with Paul Heyman:
Happy Heyman @HeymanHustle apparently has another 'client' in @CMPunk. Could other negotiations be pending? Very interesting. @WWE
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) September 4, 2012
Here is video from the conclusion of Monday’s RAW featuring Paul Heyman’s revealing himself to be CM Punk’s getaway driver:
– WWE.com has an exclusive post-RAW backstage video up of Daniel Bryan hugging a group of people to prove that it was Kane’s fault their “hug it out” session didn’t go as planned.
– As announced on RAW, the official theme for WWE’s Night of Champions pay-per-view is the song “Champions” by Kevin Rudolf featuring Limp Bizkit, Birdman and Lil’ Wayne.
– Roddy Piper’s interview with Batista will air this Thursday night from 8-10pm PST on toadhopnetwork.com.
– Some of the WWE-related terms that trended worldwide on Twitter during RAW were CM Punk, Paul Heyman, #WWEHug, Kane, Daniel Bryan, Texas Cloverleaf and Jack Swagger.
Here’s a live report of what happened after Monday’s WWE RAW from Chicago went off the air:
C.M. Punk came out to the ring, grabbed a John Cena headband and started rapping for the crowd. He talked about how he was supposed to face John Cena, but Cena was in no condition to wrestle.
As Punk was talking, Cena ran to the ring attacked the WWE Champion Punk. This brought out Alberto Del Rio came out to help Punk beat down Cena, which brought out Shamus to even the odds. Then Dolph Ziggler and Antonio Cesaro joined the fray.
Punk managed to escape and ran to the back. Randy Orton came out to help Sheamus and Cena and they beat up the heels and threw them to ringside.
The heels saw Miz still at ringside, grabbed him, and threw him inside the ring. Cena, Shamus and Orton surrounded The Miz. Miz grabbed a mic and asked them if they knew who he was. He’s a movie star, the Intercontinental champion and he defeated John Cena in the main event of WrestleMania. Cena said he may suck at making movies, but he’s good at beating up The Miz. This led to The Miz taking an Attitude Adjustment, an RKO and then a Brogue Kick.
After the babyfaces disposed of The Miz, they celebrated in the ring, signed some autographs at ringside and then brought a fan into the ring who was dressed up as Macho Man Randy Savage. They all celebrated with the Macho Man fan to end the show.
Following Monday’s WWE RAW, here is the updated lineup for the upcoming WWE Night of Champions pay-per-view on Sunday, September 16th:
WWE Championship Match:
CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena
World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Sheamus (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio
WWE Divas Championship Match:
Layla (c) vs. Kaitlyn
Since all WWE titles are defended at Night of Champions, WWE will be announcing matches for the Intercontinental, United States and Tag Team titles over the next week.
* News On CM PUNK & PAUL HEYMAN’s Alliance: New Stable In The Works?
Matt Morgan continues to drop hints on Twitter that he’s returning to WWE after recently leaving TNA.
Kevin Nash asked Morgan on Monday, “You with the E now?” The “E” being, “WWE.”
Morgan responded with the following message, shedding light on why he was fed up with TNA:
@RealKevinNash hey man, what can I say? SOMEONE in that lockeroom had to stand up to Tna front office and call them out for over-promising,
— Matt Morgan (@BPmattmorgan) September 4, 2012
@RealKevinNash & under delivering. So when my deal was up I said 'why not me?!' Accountability. Who says u can't go home again? Lol.
— Matt Morgan (@BPmattmorgan) September 4, 2012
Morgan is expected to return to WWE in the coming months.
– After four weeks of competition, Eve Torres reigned supreme in NBC’s reality program Stars Earn Stripes.
Torres collected a $100,000 check for the USO in the final moments of the two-hour finale. She and her mentor, former Army Green Beret Grady Powell, won an elaborate contest that included jumping out of a helicopter, climbing aboard a ship and shooting targets.
Olympic gold-medal skier Picabo Street finished in second; actor Dean Cain was third; and Todd Palin, husband of former Gov. Sarah Palin, was fourth.
Torres will be interviewed on G4’s Attack of the Show! Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. to discuss her big win.
– World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus wants to see your “Sons of Sheamus” photos and he will retweet them. Tweet your photos to @WWESheamus, using #SOS.
– WWE developmental wrestler Xavier Woods turns 26-years-old Tuesday while former WWE Superstar Kharma turns 35.
